Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
"Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged mind, delusions or a masochistic taste for more suffering, experienced, of course, as joy."
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"Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged mind, delusions or a masochistic taste for more suffering, experienced, of course, as joy."
Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
"But one may say something and yet not be able to do it. Try, for instance, lifting yourself up by the bootstraps."
Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
"The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk."
Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
"The bird which has no knowledge of pure water, has his beak in salt water all year round."
Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
"He is the completed Man who, from his completeness, performs, with his Mastership, the work of a slave."
Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
"Miracles, to the Sufi, are not evidential, they are instrumental."
Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
"To Him who has sense, a sign is enough For the heedless, however, a thousand expositions are not enough."
Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
"Everyone does not know the secrets of Truth The States of Truth are not evidential."
Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
"Whoever knows God, does not (any longer) say “God”."
Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
"Continuously, in commemoration of the Friend We drank wine, even before the creation of the vine."
Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
"Eat what you desire, but dress like other people."
Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
"As with any other specialisation, teaching is a vocation, open only to those who are truly capable of discharging its functions."
Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
"There are as many paths to Truth as there are souls of men."
Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
"Nothing can defile the Sufi, and he in fact purifies everything.” Abu-Turab al-Nakhsabi."
Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
"Those who say ‘I am ready to learn’, or ‘I am not ready to learn’ are as often mistaken as they are correct in their surmise."
Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
"The aspirant has to be guided by a mentor. The stage at which this guidance can take effect is seldom, if ever, perceptible to the learner."
Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
"Form is useful, but it is secondary."
Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
"Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious."
Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
"The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk. As Prince Dara Shikoh says, in a Persian poem: Do you wish to be included with the Lords of Sight? From speech (then) pass on to experience. By saying 'Unity', you do not become a monotheist; The mouth does not become sweet from the word 'Sugar"
Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
"Much religious teaching in the world is in reality a confused or deteriorated form, very different from its roots."
Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
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